Naughty or Nice!

Hello, it's Michelle here wishing you a Merry Christmas.

I'm sure you have all been nice this year but if you have been naughty, I bet it was fun!

I have made a fun Christmas card using the "Naughty'isms" stamp set and the "Naughty" Dies. 

I started by making a background piece using Alcohol inks.  I die cut the Naughty or Nice sentiment from white card stock and adhered that to the background piece with some liquid glue.

I stamped one of the sentiments from the stamp set onto a strip of white card stock and adhered that directly under the die cut. Then  I stamped and colored a stocking and some presents, die cut them and adhered them with foam squares.  I finished off by adhering the panel to a top folding card base.

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MERRY CHRISTMAS

The Most Wonderful Time!

Welcome back!  I've got a quick and easy Christmas card for you today!

I started with a panel cut from a gel print I previously made.  I love spending a whole crafty session with my gel plate and some acrylic paints, stencils, and other household items and just making bunches of prints to use as background!  I'm getting low on these so I think my next session I'll share some of the fun with you!

I used bubble wrap and burlap to texturize this one...

Then I cut some Funky Flakes from pink glitter paper and glued them onto the background panel in a random pattern.  I also used some of the extra circles that were cut... because why wouldn't I?

Finally, I stamped a sentiment from the Snow Sayings stamp set in pink and a few sequins!  Easy peasy to make bunches of these and fairly flat for mailing!  You could even leave off the sequins if you prefer!

That's me for today!  Thanks so much for stopping and hope you come again soon!

The Most Wonderful Time - Christmas in February!

Hello all!  Lisa here and today is the 25th of the month and a friend and I have committed to creating a Christmas card a week for the year so we're ready come December to just mail them!  This month I decided to use a few of my favorite CAS-ual Fridays holiday stamps and dies to create my cards!  I'm sharing this one with you here and I have three more on my blog if you are interested in checking those out too!

For this one I started with an ink blended background using some blues and purples.. you know the hard thing about making Christmas Cards all year is I'm not always in the mood for the traditional red and green... probably why so many of my cards lately have been done in non-traditional colors... and I love it!

I stamped some snowflakes and snow drops from the Snowy Sayings stamp set over the top of it with Versamark and then embossed using Snowy Glitter embossing powder.  I purposely did not use the antistatic powder on this before hand because I wanted the excess powder to be scattered on the background!  And these beautiful snowflakes do normally stamp quite detailed, however because of the nature of this particular powder you don't see it all on this background... which is exactly the look I was going for!

Finally one of the sentiments from Snowy Sayings embossed onto the purple cardstock and I cut the Funky Flakes from white glitter paper.  I don't bother cutting my Funky Flakes Fri-Dies apart, because why in the world wouldn't I just cut a bunch all at the same time?!  LOL... I like to have extras all ready to go and I rarely know ahead of time which ones I'm going to use, so I cut them all... several times!

I finished with a few clear sequins scattered around and I was finished!

Thanks so much for stopping here today!   You can find my post that includes all of the other designs I made for this month right here!  You know... if you want!

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We Wish You A Merry Christmas-Create Your Own Glittery Embellishments

Here We Come A Caroling savings days are still going strong!  Today we're singing (to ourselves) and featuring the Merry Christmas Fri-Dies!  Here's how I was inspired!

I just love the size and font for the Merry Christmas Fri-Dies!  They make for the perfect focal point on a Christmas Card. 

I started with a pretty plaid and then added a white layer using the Bubble Box Fri-Dies to frame the focus of my card.  I just love the shape of these dies ... simple enough to not take over the card, but so pretty to complement whatever your design!

Then I cut the Merry Christmas Fri-Die once from red cardstock and twice from white.  I smooshed the red onto my Versamark pad to cover it completely and then added some pretty glittery embossing powder (more on this in a bit) and heated it up.  Next I stacked the sentiments together for some dimension.  It turns your flat die cut into something that seems a bit like chipboard!  And I almost always use some kind of gem for any of my word die "I"s ... lol... I can't be expected to keep track of those little dots!!  And I always have some kind of embellishment or Nuvo drops that I can use to dot my "I"s so it's all good!

I stamped and die cut the cute bird from the Partridge In A Pear Tree Stamp Set so I could nestle him in amongst my flowers.  I stamped the outline in Versamark and embossed with gold EP and stamped the fill in stamp in red.  I popped the red up a little inside the outline for some dimension and used a fine pen to define his eye.

 And I love to use the 4 Petals Fri-Dies for all kinds of flowers!  With their pretty and simple design, just by changing the colors you can get all kinds of looks.  I knew I wanted to create poinsettias with them and was at a crop when I realized I'd forgotten to throw my glitter paper into my bag.  You think you're all prepared, right?  Well, luckily I had my box of embossing supplies with me (can't be without it!) and I was all set! 

I've found the easiest way to add embossing to small die cuts is to use some repositionable adhesive and attach them to a piece of scrap paper after smooshing them into some Versamark.

Once they're all attached it's easy to sprinkle some pretty glittery embossing powder on them, tap off the excess and run your heating tool over them all at once!

Since they are adhered to the paper with repositionable adhesive, it's easy to remove them once the embossing is cooled.. it only takes a few seconds!  Then I layered all of my sizes together and added some pretty gold pearl accents!

Ta.  Da.  Lol!  I actually had the already glittered snowflakes in my CAS-ual Fridays goody box.  I never cut just one.  I've left all of the Funky Flakes attached to each other and if I'm cutting one, I'm cutting all of them and just save the extras for later.  It was fun to be able to tuck them in under the flowers.  I cut some leaves from gold vellum using the Garden Fri-Dies and tucked those around as well.

A couple sequins later and I was done!  One more Christmas Card in the pile and ready to send!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  And don't forget today's special!  Plus all of the Christmas and Hanukkah products in the shop are on sale AND there are some items in the Retiring section that are 50% off!!  And the cream cheese frosting on the red velvet cupcake.... you can use this if you'd like!

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A Partridge in a Pear Tree Shaker Card

Maria here with you today!  I am absolutely LOVING the holiday release by CAS-ual Fridays, don't you?! I can't even pick a favorite.  

For my shaker card today, I am featuring the Partridge in the Pear Tree stamp set and the Pear Tree Fri-Dies.  Here's what they look like:

I inked up my Bristol smooth white card stock with Tumbled glass and Spun sugar distress oxide inks.  I used used some rectangle dies from my stash to die-cut the frame.  I also stamped and colored my image with my Copic markers, then die-cut using the Pear Tree Fri-dies.  

To create my well for the shaker, I adhered some acetate sheet on my frame then used some foam adhesive.  

I used some iridescent and colorful sequin mixes for my shaker element.

To finish my design, I stamped the sentiment on some black card stock with versa-mark ink and heat embossed with my heating tool.  I also used the bow die included in the Pear Tree Fri-Dies to die-cut a red bow.  Also added glossy accents to the pears to add some shine.  Here's a little close-up:

I wish you can see this card in person because the colors are so beautiful!  I really love how this one turned out.

I hope you like my shaker card today.  Please use my coupon code below to get 15% off your order.  Happy shopping and happy crafting!

Merry Christmas Hanging Stockings!!

Hello Crafty Friends!! 

Larissa here today to share a Simple and Elegant Christmas Card, that would be PERFECT for mass producing!! 

 I started with some Patterned Paper from Carta Bella Christmas 6x6 Paper Pad!! I added some Picket Fence Distress Paint Splatters to resemble Snowflakes Falling!! Then I Die Cut the Merry Christmas Sentiment using the NEW Merry Christmas Fri-Dies!! I Cut 3 Die Cuts from White Cardstock and then Die Cut the Top Layer from some Therm O Web Deco Foil Toned Sheets that I had Foiled using some Gold Ore Deco Foil!! I LOVE the look of Foiled Sentiments especially during the Holidays and its SO EASY to do with the Toner Sheets!! I used one of the Negative Pieces as my template to glue all of the layers together!! Then adhered the Words onto my Card Front using the Negative as my guide to get exact placement!!

I wanted to Hang some Stockings from the Christmas Word so I Stamped and Embossed the Stocking Images from NEW Naught'isms Stamp Set 3 times!! Then I used Copic Markers to Color them in!! (N2 for the White areas, R43, R46 & R89 for the Red area and YG97 and YG99 for the Green area) I Die Cut them out using the coordinating Naughty Fri-Dies!! I added some Tonic Studios Blizzard Glitter Nuvo Drops to the White Areas and let it Dry over night!! Then I added some Gold Thread to the Stockings using a Needle to poke through the Patterned Paper and making them appear to be Hanging from the Christmas Word by the Gold Thread!! I added some 3D Foam Square to the back of the Stockings to make them POP up off the Card Front!! 

THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and I hope you have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!!  

If you just can't wait to go shopping, please visit the Store RIGHT NOW, PLUS there's several Sets that are RETIRING!! So you can stock up on some of those Products that you might have had on your WISH LIST before they're GONE for Good and at a SALE Price!! You can also use my discount code LARISSASENTME, to save 15% off on all of the goodies in the CFS Shop!!

Larissa Heskett  

    

Christmas Card with an Emboss Resist Technique

Happy Monday everyone!! Nora here with a Christmas card using an emboss/resist technique. 

I chose to use two retiring products for this card so when they are sold out, they are gone!! So sad because I LOVE the Modern Petals stamp set. You can use it for almost any occasion!!

Stamps: Modern Petals

Dies: Noel Fri-dies

I began this card by stamping the petals in red ink. I then stamped over the red with Versamark and  heat embossed with clear embossing powder. 

Next I blended a melon colored ink over the entire panel. The embossed petals remained a bright, shiny red because it "resisted" the ink.

To make the front panel a bit more interesting, I randomly sprayed mist in red and white. 

While the mist dried, I die cut the sentiment from white glitter paper using the Noel Fri-dies.  I then adhered the sentiment to the front of the card.

My last step was to adhere clear sequins and jewels randomly over the card.

I hope this inspires you to try the emboss/resist technique. Don't forget to use my code NORASENTME to get 15% off your total order-including sale items. 

Have a FABULOUS day!!